Hoteliers and Hotels. Case studies in the growth and development of UK hotel companies, 1945-1989
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- Author(s) Stewart, Donald A
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1996
- Pages 204pp
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- Place Published Glasgow
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- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Seemingly a published version of the writer's PhD dissertation, 1994. Provides an overview of the industry, 1945-89, before contrasting the experience of three categories of hotel, each category comprising four businesses: 1] 'Independent hotels' - Goring Hotel, London / Lygon Arms, Broadway / Metropole, Llandrindod Wells / Open Arms, Dirleton; 2] UK groups - Mount Charlotte Investments Plc / Norfolk Capital Group / Centre, Comfort & Friendly Hotels / Gleneagles Hotels Plc; 3] International groups - Grand Metropolitan Plc / Bass Plc / Queens Moat House Plc / Trusthouses Forte Plc